Did the UCP make any changes to PAC rules? I didn't think they did anything and the rules haven't been touched since the NDP were in power. The UCP did up the spending limit of candidates in municipal elections though.
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Alberta’s former NDP government banned corporations and unions from donating directly to political campaigns — provincially in 2015 and municipally in 2018. But that had the unintended consequence of redirecting those funds towards PACs, which are able to bombard social media with messages of support for their favourite candidates and issues.
Under the NDP, PACs didn’t have to disclose their donors until six months after the election, but municipalities could pass a bylaw to require earlier disclosure.
After the UCP came to power in 2019, they took the gloves off PACs — prohibiting municipalities from requiring early disclosure, allowing PACs to raise unlimited sums of money outside the six-month election period and then establishing a $30,000 cap on donations per PAC.
This cap was decried as “exorbitant” by Mount Royal University political scientist Lori Williams. “It’s much larger than we’ve seen historically and the implications are difficult to calculate,” she told The Sprawl.
You just know that he UCP are going to boot Danielle 6 months before the elction, bring someone new is with a little notoriety and not too much baggage like Nathan Cooper, and then they will get back on their old bull#### as soon as the election is over.
I spoke to someone involved in power investments from a well known company. They are keen to develop renewables, have a good investment profile already in the space and strong balance sheet. They are legit, and have interest in multiple jurisdictions, Alberta has basically been eliminated from contention for investments. This is a massive change in their approach on where to invest in 12 months.
My daughter works for a company involved partly in renewables (that is a large part of their Alberta business). HQ is in Ontario with a very small Alberta office in Calgary that was slated for expansion last year, all good paying STEM jobs. The company has put the brakes on that expansion as a result of the uncertainty the past 6 months has brought to the industry.
You just know that he UCP are going to boot Danielle 6 months before the elction, bring someone new is with a little notoriety and not too much baggage like Nathan Cooper, and then they will get back on their old bull#### as soon as the election is over.
I hope Nenshi / the NDP Leader publicly call this out a year before election time - that Albertans will start seeing the UCP making centrist moves and promises in order to appeal to a wider base - then change their agenda after the election (should they win), just like they always do.
Publicly call out the UCP's #### and put them in a metaphorical 'glass test tube' for everyone to watch them like an experiment. Make it awkward for them to promise anything.
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You just know that he UCP are going to boot Danielle 6 months before the elction, bring someone new is with a little notoriety and not too much baggage like Nathan Cooper, and then they will get back on their old bull#### as soon as the election is over.
Knowing these clowns they'll try to 'Weekend at Bernie's' Ralph Klein.
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God, I despise the idea of political parties in municipal elections. It makes zero sense.
I honestly can't think of a single proposal Smith has done that I thought was horrible; not even sensible. Just straight up #### policy.
Kenney? sure, i could find sensibilities in policies. I might not have agreed, but i could see the logic. Hell, throwing 10 bill into debt was something i was totally fine with.
God, I despise the idea of political parties in municipal elections. It makes zero sense.
I honestly can't think of a single proposal Smith has done that I thought was horrible; not even sensible. Just straight up #### policy.
Kenney? sure, i could find sensibilities in policies. I might not have agreed, but i could see the logic. Hell, throwing 10 bill into debt was something i was totally fine with.
This government is just downright awful.
I'm not smart enough to understand all the power generation stuff in this province but on the surface and at first glance the new rules announced this week regarding economic withholding might be good, or at least not horrible.
I'm not smart enough to understand all the power generation stuff in this province but on the surface and at first glance the new rules announced this week regarding economic withholding might be good, or at least not horrible.
The proposed changes to the market design are generally a good thing. The day ahead market scheme is used in other places and has generally produced good results and will get rid of the economic withholding shenanigans. One could argue that it was going away anyways now that Cascade is up and running.
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Alberta pension plan, Alberta police force, outing trans kids, municipal partisanship. All things no one asked for. I’m not sure if they’re purposefully being obtuse or if they’re actually just dumb.
They don't care what Albertans want. Doesn't matter if those Albertans voted for them or not. They do what they want and then remind people about lightbulbs and everyone says they can't take a chance on the NDP and the UCP has learned their lesson and will do better next time.
You can add two more ANDP newbies to the list and we’re even rural bumpkins (I think ours is the only non-UCP riding that has rural areas too, so this mess isn’t our fault!). I’m not the hugest fan of Nesnhi, but he is honest and will do everything he can to make Alberta better. I actually felt similarly about Notely, but I believe Nenshi is who this province needs to hold the boneheads accountable.
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That's not bad actually. Totally reasonable and makes complete sense.
Probably one of the better new strategies this government has come up with. After this, they may cement themselves as one of the best conservative governments in the last century.
We may have finally singlehandedly solved the energy crisis in this province. Who knew a giant fan on an empty piece of land could cause so much heartache and misery?
I just shake my head why this wasn't done any sooner.
Shame on previous UCP governments for not finding this solution sooner.
This essentially solves the housing crisis, homelessness, high taxes, inflation, healthcare, and education all at once.
